As the newly promoted Hou Ye, Qin Ze is also a figure who can be put on the façade in the entire Chang'an. Although there was too much trouble with the Cui family, there were still people who did not sell the Cui family's face after all.

Tang Jian was the first to step into the door of the Hou Mansion, although it was the New Year, he still carried a pickled salted fish. In fact, Qin Ze never told him that the salted fish he brought last time was still in the back kitchen.

It was too hard to hold, so I soaked it in water for a day. As a result of the knife, the kitchen knife was directly broken into two petals, how could Qin Ze eat it?

Tang Jian represents Li Er, since he can come, it doesn't show that Li Er values Qin Ze.

Every time Tang Jian came to the Hou Mansion, what Qin Ze had to do was to fish the fish. Every time he changed his tricks, Qin Ze never ate it, not because of the taste, and he really had the courage to try to eat this freshwater fish raw.

Freshwater fish are most likely to be filled with schistosomiasis eggs, and if you eat these things in your stomach, it is not something that ordinary people can bear.

It's just that Qin Ze doesn't eat it, but he can't stop Tang Jian from eating it. For him, maybe it's just such a hobby, and Tang Jian doesn't seem to be such a life-loving guy, so it's casual.

Tang Jian has his own reasons every time he comes, and this time is no exception. Qin Ze accompanied him after lunch, asked Dongxue to make tea, and waited for him to speak.

"Jieli has been captured." Tang Jian took a sip of the teacup and said abruptly.

He used to like Qin Ze's tea here, and in the past, he drank tea with all kinds of spices, but now he looks at it again, but this tea is even sweeter.

The custom of drinking tea with spices spread from the scholars, and for those people, taste may come secondary, and the most important thing is to be able to reflect one's identity. And expensive spices are the best sustenance.

"Jieli was captured and the Turks no longer exist, and the Sixth Route Army can now withdraw to the Tang Dynasty, which is also a blessing for the Tang Dynasty, and His Majesty has been blessed by God."

As Qin Ze said this, he raised his teacup and drank a cup with Tang Jian.

One of the biggest problems with Tang Jian's speech is that he always says half and leaves half, and he likes to listen to the other party's opinions very much. And once the other party's opinion does not agree with him, he will never say half a word again.

And now it seems that Qin Ze's reaction is still satisfied.

Now that Jieli has been captured and is being escorted back to Chang'an, the Turks are also in chaos at this time. The vast territory of the eighteen parts of the vast grassland has naturally attracted the covetousness of countless well-intentioned people. When Tang Jian said this, Qin Ze immediately understood what he was here for.

In addition to pointing out the two religions of Buddhism, there is only the Taiyuan Chamber of Commerce left.

Nowadays, although the Taiyuan Chamber of Commerce has always been managed by Wang Fu, the personnel in it are not just so simple. There are not only Tang Dynasty merchants, but also Hu merchants represented by Harry, and Turkic merchants of the Suyi Chamber of Commerce.

Therefore, from the very beginning, the Taiyuan Chamber of Commerce has occupied a unique advantage. Now there is a shortage of soldiers on the grassland, and the Taiyuan Chamber of Commerce also took the opportunity to start collecting money on a large scale.

A large number of furs and all kinds of dried meat have begun to be transported back to Chang'an in a steady stream, and soon these things will become copper coins.

Although it was because of the white stacks, the price of Chang'an's fur was reduced a lot. But the number of white stacks is limited after all, so now the price of this fur has begun to rise again. The most important thing is that the fur of the prairie is as cheap as a weed.

Those herders who want to flee for their lives will even throw these things away, so it is a profitable business.

But now it seems that the court is also aware of this problem.

"A dominance is a matter of His Majesty's being treated, why is the Marquis of Jingyang so reckless?" Tang Jian put down the teacup and looked at Qin Ze's eyes full of puzzlement.

Qin Ze smiled, and then explained to Dong Xue, asking her to bring over the things she had prepared before.

There are hundreds of chambers of commerce in Datang, and there are several chambers of commerce in Chang'an alone. The Imperial Merchants are naturally the largest of them, and their status is naturally the highest.

Not to mention anything else, let's just talk about the royal shops in the East and West City, and the shopkeepers inside will not be any lower when they see customers. Not only is the attitude bad, but the price is also more expensive than usual, but their business is the best.

Because of what, nature is self-evident.

The emperor pays the most attention to trade-offs, since Fan Li has been controlling the court with business. Later emperors all began to pay attention to business, and now that Tang Jian said this, it means that Li Er will start to attack here.

Qin Ze naturally understood the reason, so he handed over the map he had drawn a long time ago to Tang Jiandao: "Now the Taiyuan Chamber of Commerce has established a total of twelve trade routes in the grassland, three of which connect Hu Shang, and you can get a steady stream of spices. Six of them are spread across the grassland and 18 departments, except for the Mobei area. As for the rest of the trade routes, they connect the border areas, which you should know. ”

Tang Jian nodded, and took the map indifferently.

He didn't open it to see, Tang Jian has always been very accurate about proportion.

Qin Ze made tea for Tang Jian, and then continued: "All the Taiyuan Chamber of Commerce will hand it over, and it will only touch fur and meat on the grassland. As for spices, coal, iron ore, etc., they are not involved. ”

Tang Jian listened quietly with a teacup, and sighed at the end. Before he came, he was still worried about Qin Ze, afraid that he didn't know what to do because he was young, but now it seems that he is completely shallow.

What is the least profitable steppe? It's not just fur and dried meat, as for the windfall profits of spices, that's something that no one is jealous of.

Qin Ze not only involved furs, but also handed over the business road that he had been fortunate to establish, just this intention is already worthy of Tang Jian to congratulate His Majesty and congratulate the Tang Dynasty!

"What a blessing it would be if everyone was as smart as Jingyang Hou." Tang Jian sighed, stuffed the map into his arms, and then got up to leave.

Tang Jian has always been like this, Qin Ze knows this. It's not because of how much he hates socializing with people, it's just because he, as a sword in His Majesty's hand, can only be controlled by His Majesty.

Qin Ze got up and sent Tang Jian to the door of the mansion, and handed some specially made braised vegetables to the old slave who accompanied him.

In this feudal era, there are not many good people like Tang Jian.

Tang Jian turned over and got into the carriage, but at the end, he poked his head out again, frowned at Qin Ze and said, "I know what the Hou Ye is planning, and this time I should be the Hou Ye's excuse when I enter the palace." It's just that whether it can be done or not depends on His Majesty's grace. ”

As soon as Qin Ze heard this, he hurriedly bowed down and thanked him. It was not easy to hear Tang Jian say such things.

What is Qin Ze looking forward to? It's not that he wants to get a half-official position for Wang Fu, even if it's just a loose official with a false name, it is enough to change the current situation of the Wang family.

Standing outside the door, watching Tang Jian's carriage gradually move away, Qin Ze couldn't help but show a smile.

Everyone else was afraid of Tang Jian, but Qin Ze respected him in his heart. This is a really good person, not the kind of villain who is greeted with a smile on the surface and stabbed in the back.

Speaking of good people, Qin Ze looked at the Cheng Mansion across the street again, and the Cheng family was also a good person.

As Qin Ze's neighbor, Cheng Lao Demon can be said to occupy the most convenient conditions, and these days, Cheng Lao Demon has also stepped into the Hou Mansion several times. Of course, he didn't want to win over the relationship with Qin Ze, he was just eating at the Hou Mansion.

After the bean sprouts were pulled back from Jingyang County, Qin Ze soaked them completely with water.

At the beginning, Qin Ze took Cheng Laoyou's experiments, stir-frying, cold dressing, and simmering in oil......

The result was very good, although Cheng Lao Demon refused to eat it at first, but in the end he still got off the chopsticks.

It was also from this day that Cheng Laoyou relied on Qin Ze. He even sent the cook at home directly and asked them to follow along.

And Qin Ze also struck while the iron was hot, bought a store in the East Market, and began to sell these bean sprouts.

Qin Ze handed over the affairs of the store to Su Yi to take care of, and now I don't know if Wang Yuxi and Su Yi discussed it or what, anyway, now all the affairs of the Hou Mansion fiefdom are handed over to Wang Yuxi, but the business part is handed over to Su Yi.

It's okay to be in this way, and the plain clothes of the province are idle.

There are many grain stores in Chang'an City, but this one is the first one that specializes in selling bean sprouts. In addition, everyone thinks that this thing is poisonous, so no one wants to buy it at all. Even Qin Ze alarmed Jingzhao Mansion because of this, and in the end, if Qin Ze hadn't fried some on the spot and ate it, it is estimated that he would have been charged with malicious suspicion.

But after this trouble, this shop is famous again.

Su Yi didn't say a word, and took the opportunity to send the bean sprouts to the restaurant in Chang'an, so that the bean sprouts could be regarded as opening up sales.

Su Yi's business acumen is no worse than Wang Yuxi, and Qin Ze doesn't care about a bean sprout, anyway, anyone can do this thing, so he doesn't care about the store's affairs anymore.

It was the third day of the first lunar month. There are more and more people who come to visit the Hou Mansion, and Qin Ze will not stay overnight one by one, anyway, these people are just here to make a familiar face.

Of course, there are some people among them, but they came to inspect the vegetables that Qin Ze had planted before. After all, the matter of bean sprouts is a big stimulus for them. And Qin Ze was also happy to let them see it, although these seeds had only been planted for less than a month, the leeks were already more than six inches long. Qin Ze is also about to be able to harvest in another half a month.

In this way, those people who were waiting to see the joke before were in their hands, and they were instantly confused.

I have to say that seeing their sad faces one by one, Qin Ze was also sincerely happy in his heart.

Qin Ze has no parents, and it can even be said that he has no relatives. Therefore, there is no worship of ancestors, and because Qin Ze neither believes in Buddhism nor is he pro-Taoist, it is also a vow to save money. And the rest of Qin Ze is constantly visiting relatives and friends.

Perhaps seeing Qin Ze's troubles of socializing every day, Cheng Huailiang came to find Qin Ze.

Qin Ze has always been very yearning for the life of Chang'an, and important ministers such as the eldest grandson and Fang Xuanling visited the Hou Mansion because of their status. So naturally, let the younger generation get close to Qin Ze.

And what can these gentlemen do when they get together?

Of course, it's swaggering through the market, flirting with girls from good families, shopping in green buildings or something.

Isn't this the life that Qin Ze yearns for!